justice

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.

2. 2adjective

   Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.

3. 3adjective

   The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.

4. 4adjective

   Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.

5. 5adjective

   A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.

6. 6transitive verb

   To administer justice to.

7. 7noun

   judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

8. 8noun

   the quality of being just or fair

   Synonyms

   justness
9. 9noun

   the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

10. 10noun

    a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

    Synonyms

    judgejurist